Online one can find thousands of flight booking sites offering airline tickets. If you visit a few and compare airline ticket prices, you will soon find, that most not only have similar airline ticket prices but also seem to use the same reservation systems.
If you want a wider choice - and find cheaper airline tickets - check our list of comparison sites for travel tickets. We travel a lot and we always found the best travel deals on one of these.
Below you also find some tips for finding the cheapest airline tickets.
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Kayak checks hundreds of travel sites for prices. They seem to currently give you the widest choice of flight options.
They started on the US American market but now they also offer a service customized for German or French travelers. Beside finding the cheapest airline tickets, they also offer a service called “fare alert”. Flight search results also include charter airline offers.
TIME Magazine Online listed Kayak.com as one of “25 Sites We Can’t Live Without” (July 2007)
TIME Magazine Online’s review: “When planning your next trip, make this your first stop. The search engine works fast, scouring hundreds of travel sites to find the best airfares. You can compare rates on different travel dates, or check prices to several destinations at once. Create a profile so you don’t have to enter certain data every time you use it.”
Consumersearch.com declared Kayak the “Best Travel Search Engine” (July 2007)
Excerpt from their review: “An overwhelming majority of reviews say your first step in researching the best air, hotel, cruise and car-rental prices should be a visit to Kayak.com. While sites such as Travelocity and Hotwire search only their own databases, Kayak searches over 100 airline websites, online travel agencies and other travel sites, including some international ones, to come up with its list of best fares. One interesting tool lets you see the best fares for similar routes found by other Kayak visitors. You can also get fare alerts and tailor searches for preferred airlines, airports or dates. There is no fee for most bookings.”